Climate averages 1991–2020
Kendari weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Kendari: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 98 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes August a wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Baubau (165 km away). In August its highs average 28.8°C, about as warm as Kendari, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Kendari ranks joint 151st of 200 for the warmest August highs and 140th of 200 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 200 cities is 29.5°C; Kendari is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 98 mm to 82 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Kendari climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 310 | 29.6 | 12.312 h |
| February | 29.8°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 314 | 27.4 | 12.212 h |
| March | 29.8°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 334 | 30.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.5°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 327 | 28.6 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 315 | 27.5 | 11.912 h |
| June | 28.2°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 270 | 24.9 | 11.912 h |
| July | 27.8°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 189 | 21.3 | 11.912 h |
| August, selected | 28.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 98 | 13.7 | 12.012 h |
| September | 29.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 82 | 10.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.7°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 121 | 14.3 | 12.212 h |
| November | 30.8°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 189 | 22.2 | 12.312 h |
| December | 30.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 311 | 29.5 | 12.312 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Baubau in AugustIndonesia · 165 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 18 mm rain
- Watampone in AugustIndonesia · 250 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 24.1°C · 73 mm rain
- Palopo in AugustIndonesia · 280 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 21.7°C · 77 mm rain
- Parepare in AugustIndonesia · 321 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 22 mm rain
- Makassar in AugustIndonesia · 366 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Galesong in AugustIndonesia · 379 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Majene in AugustIndonesia · 396 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 27 mm rain
- Gorontalo in AugustIndonesia · 506 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.7°C · 89 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Kendari) is explained once on the Kendari year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.